​Spiritual Care

As part of the interdisciplinary team committed to caring for your body, mind and spirit, St.Vincent has a diverse and dedicated spiritual care staff. Professionally-trained board-certified chaplains, associate chaplains, residents/interns, and volunteers are available to help you attain spiritual wellness.

We understand that when illness strikes, lives can be turned upside down. You may become weary and your spirit can experience distress. Our team of spiritual care providers can assist you during those times to attain a sense of balance through our compassionate interventions and care.

Our spiritual care team is here to:

Help you find meaning in and through the experience of illness.

Respect and honor your individual beliefs, values and customs.

Provide blessings, sacraments, prayers, and religious rituals.

Assist you in rediscovering your own external and internal resources.

Guide you in restoring a sense of equilibrium in the midst of chaos, anxiety, or uncertainty.

Participate in discussions when you have ethical or end-of-life concerns.

Consult with your loved ones who may also be struggling with your illness.

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Prayers are offered daily for the needs of our patients, their loved ones, and our staff. Our team of chaplains appreciates you reaching out to us for prayer and we want you to know that we will pray, as a team, for you needs. Please fill out this prayer request and we will pray that God’s blessing of peace and strength will touch your needs.

If you feel you might benefit from additional support from a chaplain, please contact your local ministry.

Chapels are located in all of our St. Vincent ministries for worship, prayer and meditation. All chapels are open 24/7 for quiet reflection, meditation, and prayer for people of all faith traditions and no faith traditions.

In general, weddings are not held in any of our chapels unless there is an extenuating patient circumstance which is approved by the director in consultation with the local manager.

Community Faith Leaders: The Spiritual Care Department strives to work cooperatively with local faith leaders. We honor and respect our patients’ cultural, spiritual, and/or religious beliefs and values.

Visiting faith leaders are welcome to provide spiritual support to members of his/her faith community while in the patient is in hospital, including after visiting hours. After visiting hours, please check in with hospital security, emergency room personnel, or the patient’s nurse. With the permission of the patient, we are also able to contact the patient’s faith community leader.

If there is a sign on a patient’s door indicating “isolation precautions”, please check with the patient’s nurse for appropriate attire.

Volunteer Opportunities: At some of our sites, we offer extensive volunteer training. Volunteers do not function in a chaplain role. They do, however, help identify patients who might benefit from a chaplain visit and make appropriate referrals to the professionally trained chaplain.

If you are interested in serving in a volunteer capacity, please contact the local chaplain of the health ministry you are interested in serving at.

Advance Directives: Chaplains are able to assist in the exploration of your healthcare decisions and/or the completion of an Advance Directive. The state of Indiana has specific forms you can use to complete your wishes.

At St. Vincent, we also utilize Five Wishes. Five Wishes is a document that can greatly help guide your healthcare conversations with family members and friends. These forms are available from the Spiritual Care Department members or other staff.

For consultation and/or help in completing, please contact the spiritual care number for the ministry site that you are visiting or closest to.

Sacred Readings: Bibles and other sacred readings/scriptures are available from chaplains. We no longer keep Bibles in the rooms in order to avoid the spread of infection. If you do receive a Bible or sacred scripture from us, please feel free to bring it home with you at the end of your hospitalization.

Medical Ethics Consultation: If you have an ethical concern, you may contact a chaplain who will speak with you about your concern and will also advance your concern, as necessary, to appropriate resources.

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QUESTIONS?

Call us at 765-649-2511

St. Vincent Anderson

Office: The Spiritual Care Office is located on 2 north.

Contact Information: Office Hours are Monday-Friday, 8am-3:30pm. You may contact a chaplain by calling 765-649-2511. Ask the hospital operator to page the chaplain on-call.

Chapel: The St. John’s Chapel is located adjacent to the main lobby and is open 24 hours/day for prayer and reflection.

Catholic Mass: Mass is on Wednesdays at 11:30 am in the chapel.

Catholic Sacrament of the Sick and Reconciliation: Local Catholic priests are available for the Sacrament of the Sick and Reconciliation, as requested.

Chaplains are available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.

Holy Communion: Holy Communion is provided daily by Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist for Catholic patients and family members.

Protestant Communion: Holy Communion for other faith groups is available upon request.

Bereavement Services: Facilitated by Spiritual Care Staff. Memorial Services are conducted on a bimonthly basis to honor patients, volunteers and associates who have passed. Infant memorials are conducted on an annual basis to honor all miscarriages, and infants who pass.

Meet Our TEAM

Chandra Eaves,
Chaplain

Questions?

Call us at 317-582-7000

St. Vincent Carmel

Spiritual Care is supported by board-certified chaplains in the hospital and the outpatient women’s center. You may request a chaplainby dialing the chaplain’s office at 317-582-7137 or by paging the Chaplain who is on duty.

In addition, 24/7 coverage is provided from the St. Vincent network of chaplains.

Chapel: The chapel is located off the main lobby. It is open 24 hours/day for prayer and reflection. Weekly Catholic mass is held on Wednesdays, at 11:00 am. A televised mass is provided daily on the patient’s television.

Catholic Sacraments: Holy Communion is distributed to our Roman Catholic patients daily by Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist. Sacrament of the Sick is administered on an as needed basis by Priests from Our Lady of Mount

Carmel Parish (317-846-3475) and by our Spiritual Care Department Priest-Chaplains. Sacrament of Baptism is administered in an emergency situation only.

Learn More

Our chapel is open 24 hours a day for prayer and reflection. Catholic Mass (the Holy Eucharist) is celebrated in the Chapel on Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. A televised Mass is provided on patients’ televisions daily.

Bibles are no longer kept in patients’ rooms due to the possibility of transmission of infection from one patient to another. Any patient or family member may request a Bible for their personal use that will be taken home by the patient or family member when the patient is discharged.

Spirit of Caring At Work

Patients are welcome to invite their priest, minister or rabbi to visit at any time. With the permission of the patient or family, a patient's spiritual leader will be notified of the patient's admission to the hospital.

The Spiritual Care Department works cooperatively with local clergy or their representatives to honor the patient’s cultural, spiritual and/or religious beliefs and practices. When a patient gives consent, we will be glad to notify you of their admission. When visiting a member of your congregation, please go to the Information Desk in the main lobby for the patient’s room number or call the hospital operator at 317-582-7000. General visiting hours are from 8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.; however, clergy are able to visit patients outside this time frame when necessary. In general, due to patient needs, morning is usually not a convenient time to visit. When meeting with family members, it may be helpful to call ahead to ensure that they are present. Some patients require additional precautions to prevent infections. If there is a sign on a patient's door indicating "isolation precautions," please check with a nurse before entering to request appropriate procedures.

Questions?

Contact the CARELine 317-338-CARE

St. Vincent Clay

Chapel: The chapel is located on the first floor to the left of the main registration desk. It is open 24 hours/day for prayer and reflection. There is also a prayer request book for you to write your personal prayer requests. Bibles, spiritual care booklets, and other prayer items are located in the chapel.

Catholic Mass is celebrated every Tuesday at 9:00 am
All associates and the public are welcome to attend.

The registration associate in the main lobby can contact a chaplain for you.

Contact Us

The St. Vincent Clay Spiritual Care Office can be reached at 812-442-2647. It is located on the second floor of the Old Hospital building. Doug Givan is on site Tuesdays and Thursdays. At other times and in case of emergency several local clergy have agreed to be on call on a rotational basis. Simply let your nurse know and he/she will contact the appropriate person should you desire spiritual care. Volunteers and the staff chaplain maintain 24-hour coverage for emergencies.

It is our desire at St. Vincent Clay to provide you with the very best in care while you are here. For Spiritual needs our Staff Chaplain, Doug Givan is available as well as other clergy from the community. Everyone on the staff here at St. Vincent Clay is willing to listen and talk with anyone in need, anytime. Our chapel is available and there is a prayer request book where you may leave a prayer anonymous or otherwise.

Meet our Team

Doug Givan,
Board Certified Chaplain

Questions?

Contact the CARELine 317-338-CARE

St. Vincent Dunn

Chapel: The chapel is located on Level 3 and is open 24 hours/day for prayer and reflection.

Catholic Mass is the 2nd Wednesday at 11:30. The Interdenominational Service is the 4th Wednesday, also at 11:30.

Learn More

Patients are welcome to invite their priest, minister or rabbi to visit at any time. With the permission of the patient or family, a patient's spiritual leader will be notified of the patient's admission to the hospital.

St. Vincent Evansville

Chaplains are available 24/7. To contact a chaplain, call 812-485-4000 and ask to be transferred to the chaplain.

Chapel: The Queen Mary Chapel is located through the Center for Advanced Medicine as well as the main entrance of the St. Vincent Medical Center. It is open 24 hours/day and while it is designated as a Catholic Chapel, all persons, regardless of faith, are invited to use the chapel as a place of prayer, meditation, and quiet reflection.

To contact a Chaplain, patients may ask the nurse or dial "0" for an operator who will assist. Chaplains are available for emergencies 24 hours daily. Routine referrals are normally addressed within 24 hours, during normal work hours. Chaplains respond to emergency and urgent referrals at any hour of the day.

If you would like to request a chaplain visit by an interfaith chaplain for a patient at St. Vincent Medical Center, please complete the form.

St. Vincent Chapel

Our Chapel provides a quiet space in the holy presence of God where all are welcome. Available for prayer and meditation 24 hours a day, it is accessible through the Center for Advanced Medicine, as well as the main entrance of St. Vincent Medical Center.

Patients may view our Masses on Chapel Channel 80 on the televisions in their hospital rooms. Patients who wish to attend services should check in advance with their physician for permission to leave the unit.

In addition to the regular Mass schedule, the Chapel is used for special prayer services and programs such as Ash Wednesday, and memorial services for St. Vincent associates and patients. No weddings, meetings, support groups, etc. are permitted in the Chapel.

All services must be planned in consultation with the Director of Spiritual Care or a designee.

cATHOLIC Sacraments

Communion is distributed daily to Catholic patients. If you desire to receive Holy Communion, indicate this to the volunteer when you are contacted. Volunteer Extraordinary Ministers of Communion assist Catholic Chaplains in distributing communion.

SPiritual Care

St. Vincent facilities offer trained, professional chaplains in this specialized setting to assist and support you with your spiritual and emotional needs. While here, one of our staff chaplains, CPE students or spiritual care volunteers may greet you and offer their ongoing spiritual support.

The chaplain who greets you works for the hospital and is certified by the National Association of Catholic Chaplains or the Association of Professional Chaplains or is in the process of becoming certified. Each one has received many hours of specialized ministerial education through Clinical Pastoral Education and is endorsed by a well-established faith group. The staff chaplain and CPE student are members of your health care team. Each of our spiritual care volunteers has also been appropriately screened, trained and approved by the leadership of the Spiritual Care Department.

If you want your own minister or a visitor from your faith community to support you while you’re here, the registrar or a chaplain will ask your permission to notify the leader of your faith group and inform them of your hospitalization. At each of our hospitals the Spiritual Care Department strives to work cooperatively with local clergy or their representative to honor the patient’s cultural, spiritual and/or religious beliefs and practices.

St. Vincent Orthopedic and Spine Center

In addition to having trained and certified staff chaplains, we offer an abundance of other spiritual resources. Each of our patient rooms is private and has an interactive TV which enables you to request a Bible for your spiritual needs and enjoy spiritual programming.

Our Chapel Channel (Ch. 2)

The C.A.R.E. Channel (Ch. 61)

Skylight Access System

Recitation of The Rosary

Short devotionals that we call The Third Dove, written by our own chaplains

Music

Prayers

And much more

Morning and Evening Overhead Prayer

Memorial Services

Provided three times/year to celebrate the lives of loved ones who have recently passed away. The community is welcome to join us if they would like to also remember a loss of their family or friends, whether it was at St. Vincent or elsewhere. Call the Spiritual Care office for more details.

Questions?

Call us at 765-456-5433

Our Mission

Meeting the spiritual needs of our patients and their families and friends can be an important part of the healing process. That’s why the chaplains in the Spiritual Care Department at St. Vincent Kokomo are specially trained and certified to work in a hospital setting. The staff is an interdenominational group, and is made up of caring people who understand the deep concerns that may occur during a hospital stay. They are available to help patients and families work through their fears, anxieties and loneliness, and turn hospitalization into a time of renewal, healing and new perspectives.

Chaplains are available 24 hours/day. You may contact a chaplain by calling 765.456.5433.

Chapel: The St. Joseph Chapel is located off the main lobby. It is open 24/day for prayer and reflection.

Garden: The Prayer Garden of Hope and Peace is located just outside of the main entrance of the hospital. All are welcome to sit quietly and pray or just enjoy the beauty of nature in this peaceful setting.

Catholic Communion is distributed by Extraordinary Ministers of Eucharist on Tuesdays and Thursdays around 11:30 am.

Mass is celebrated on special feast days.

Mark Deckinga,
Board Certified Chaplain

Ingrid Gaither,
Chaplain

Jodi Jones,
Board Certified Chaplain

Glenda Mann,
Chaplain

David Daniels,
Chaplain

Questions?

Call us at 812-352-4415

St. VincenT Jennings

Sacred Spaces: The chapel is located off the main lobby. It is open 24/7 for prayer, meditation, and reflection. We also have a serenity garden and a labyrinth available.

The chaplain is available in the hospital 20 hours/week. Please ask your nurse to page the chaplain for you or leave a confidential message on the chaplain’s phone and the chaplain will return your call.

Worship Services: Monthly worship services are held in the hospital chapel. The following schedule may vary depending on the holidays.

Interdenominational Prayer Service: Held on the last Tuesday of the month at 12:15.

Catholic Mass: Held on the last Wednesday of the month at 12:15.

Meet Our Team

Jennie Prior,
Chaplain

Questions?

Call us at 765-552-4622

St. Vincent Mercy

Chapel: The chapel is located on the first floor of the hospital and is open 24/7 for meditation and prayer.

Spiritual Care Office: The office is located on the 3rd floor.

Grief Recovery Group: Led by the chaplain, this group meets each fall and spring for six consecutive Tuesday evenings. Call the Spiritual Care Office, 765.552.4622, for more information including upcoming dates.

Catholic Communion: Holy Communion is offered as requested by Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist.

Sacrament of the Sick: A local Catholic priest is available to provide the Sacrament of the Sick. Please contact the chaplain to make those arrangements for you.

Special Services: Special services throughout the year are announced through our hospital electronic communications and through the Public Address System.

Area Faith Leader Volunteers: Area faith leaders who may be interested in volunteering should contact the Spiritual Care Office for more information.

Meet Our Team

Rev. Debbie Harmon,
Board Certified Chaplain

Questions?

Contact the Spiritual Care Department at765-584-0170

Chapel

The chapel is located immediately on your left after you enter the hospital. It is open 24/7 for quiet meditation and prayer.

Community Faith Leaders

St. Vincent Randolph Spiritual Care works in a cooperative relationship with the Winchester Area Minister’s Association, participating in a community-wide Thanksgiving and Good Friday Service. These services are hosted on a rotating basis among the area churches.

Spiritual Care Office

After entering the hospital, go to the Welcome Center and someone will direct you. The regular office hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-4:30pm.

Contact a Chaplain

Call the Spiritual Care Office at 765.584.0170. You can also ask your nurse to contact a chaplain for you.

Catholic Mass

Catholic Mass is held weekly in the hospital chapel.

Catholic Communion: Holy Communion is offered as requested by Extraordinary Ministers of The Eucharist.

Meet Our Team

Rev. Debbie Harmon,
Board Certified Chaplain

Questions?

Contact the CARELine317-338-CARE

ST. VINCENT SALEM

Chapel: The chapel is located inside the front of the hospital. It is open 24/7 for prayer, meditation, and reflection.

Interdenominational Service is the 2nd Monday of each month at 11:30 a.m. Our Catholic Mass is the 2nd Tuesday at 11:30.

As a faith-based hospital ministry, St. Vincent Salem addresses the spiritual needs of patients and their families by providing spiritual care services.

The Role of Spiritual Care

To provide spiritual and emotional support to patients and their families, associates, volunteers and the medical staff, and to provide outreach to the community. The spiritual care staff endeavors:

To witness in a ministry of presence

To accept and promote the individual's freedom with respect to religious beliefs and practices

To promote and encourage the holistic practice of health care (mind, body, and spirit)

To affirm the natural process of grief and assist in this process

Chapel

Located just inside the front door of St. Vincent Salem. This room affords family/friends of patients a place for quiet meditation. It is also a place of worship as monthly Interdenominational and Catholic Services are held.

To submit a prayer request to our Spiritual Care team, click here and complete the form.

The Spirit of Caring at Work

Patients are welcome to invite their priest, minister or rabbi to visit at any time. With the permission of the patient or family, a patient's spiritual leader will be notified of the patient's admission to the hospital.

Meet Our Team

Stephen K. Fisher,
Chaplain

Questions?

Call us at317-415-8487

St. Vincent Warrick

Chaplains are available on site Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-4:30 pm. In addition, other chaplain needs are met by the St. Vincent network of chaplains.

Chapel: The chapel is located off the main lobby and is available 24/7 for prayer and quiet meditation.

Volunteers from the Spiritual Care Department visit on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Catholic Communion: Extraordinary Ministers of The Eucharist bring communion on Sunday and Wednesday.

Seton Specialties Family lunch for family members and friends of patients is held on the first and third Wednesdays, 1:00-2:00.

Meet Our Team

Dean DeVries,
Board certified chaplain

Doug Givan,
Board certified chaplain

Questions?

Call us at812-897-4800

St. Vincent Warrick

Chapel: An interfaith chapel is located on the first floor behind the registration desk. It is open 24/7 to anyone for reflection, prayer, and meditation.

Contacting a chaplain: Call 812-897-4800 and ask to be transferred to the chaplain’s office. If a chaplain is not immediately available, you will be advised on how to call for more immediate assistance at the Evansville Spiritual Care Office.

If you desire, you may contact a chaplain at the Evansville campus by calling 812. 485.4000. The operator will page a chaplain for you.

Communion: Catholic Communion is provided every day by the Extraordinary Ministers of The Eucharist from St. Clement’s Parish. During your hospitalization, notify any clinical associates of your desire for communion.

Meet Our Team

Linda Cirillo,
Board certified Chaplain

Questions?

Contact the CARELine 317-338-CARE

St. Vincent Williamsport

Chapel

There is a Blessed Sacrament Chapel located in the Registration and Waiting area. It is always open for personal prayer and reflection. A Prayer Request Book is also in the chapel for anyone to share their concerns, knowing that other people will join in prayer for them.

Community Collaboration: The chaplain works with the Bi-County Ministerial Association in honoring the patient’s cultural, spiritual and religious belief and practices. Upon receiving consent from the patient, his/her religious or spiritual minister/director is notified. The Ministerial Association plans and carries out services and ministries throughout the community for persons with emergent needs or who are experiencing a crisis. Community worship services are also planned throughout the year.

Special Services: Special services are offered in the chapel such as National Day of Prayer and Ash Wednesday.

Catholic Mass: Mass is celebrated in the chapel on special feast days such as St. Vincent de Paul, St. Louise de Marillac, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, and on other scheduled days.

Catholic communion is provided by the local priest. Protestant Communion is provided by the chaplain on request.

Chaplain Hours: Regular hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-4:30 pm.

Nursing staff can contact the chaplain for you as well as emergency department personal. You can also request a chaplain visit at the time of registration. A chaplain can be available 24 hours/day for emergent needs.

Meet Our Team

Don Williams, BCC

Questions?

Call us at 317-338-2238

St. Vincent Women's Center

Chapel: The chapel is located off the main lobby. It is available 24/7 for prayer, reflection, and meditation.

Catholic Communion is offered daily by volunteer Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist.

Sacrament of the Sick is available for those who request the sacrament. One of our priests can provide this anointing. Please ask your nurse, provider, or chaplain to make this request for you.

Grief Support Group: There is a support group for families that have suffered a miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death. The group meets on the first Thursday of the month from 7pm-9pm at the Physicians Breast Center. One-on-one support is also available for those who have experienced a loss of a child.

December Memorial Service: There is a December Candlelight Memorial Service offered for any family that has experienced perinatal or postnatal loss.

To request a chaplain visit, call the Spiritual Care Office at 317-338-2238 or ask your nurse or provider to make a referral for you.